Ortiz reportedly tested positive in 2003 after MLB conducted a survey drug test. His name, along with others, was leaked to the public. He took issue with commentators from the MLB Network bringing up his name when discussing PEDs and saying he got a "free pass" in the Biogenesis investigation.

"In this country, nobody gets a free pass," Ortiz said, via WEEI.com. "He wants to make it sound like I got a free pass because nobody can point fingers at me directly. But the reason why I got that fake [expletive] free pass that he's saying is because they pointed fingers at me with no proof. "

Cruz was voted into the All-Star Game as the American League's designated hitter and leads the AL in home runs (28) and RBI (73).

"You don't get a free pass on this. MLB don't play that B.S. MLB don't play that," Ortiz said. "There's a reason why I've been drug tested like eight times and we're not even at the break. Is that a free pass? There's a reason why I've been tested like 40 times since they approved the policy, the drug policy. Is that a free pass? They can get that free pass and shove it up their [expletive]."